Rockinghorse Winner yeah, really quite a tragedy, seemed like a amiable and likable guy, I never knew there was a correlation between LSD use and schizophrenia. I always thought the usual culprits were just meth and marijuana.
Syd was so magnetic and it's such a gem to see him in this footage. Just a little glimpse of what the people in his life at the time were talking about when they say he was charismatic, lovable, and humorous. I can't help but think of how thankful I am for this footage, to see Syd as people like to remember him by.
To me, this is the real Syd...unfettered by whatever it was that messed him up so badly...His ORIGINAL personality. I believe in a hereafter and age and disease have no place, there. Syd's himself again...that wonderful pretty young pixie!
Loved that question: "Have you encountered any hostility towards your creativity?" - the brief pause and heavily restrained smile by both and you know they're thinking "Yes, right here - right now"
They could have also mentioned that volume invites the excitement/fight or flite response and the fact that when you play with a drummer you have to match the drumset volume with the other instruments. I know that those were fairly early days of rock and volume, but the interviewer comes across as a cranky old man.
@@piktormusic2538 - I guess you are a Youngster, but the Host - Dick Clarke was an American Cultural Icon at the time. He also curated a Major Network TV Show that brought novel acts to the American public - including boundary-breaking acts such as Pink Floyd! Give the Cranky "Old Man" some props, Dude!
His picture from 1975 was shocking. He looked like Uncle Fester, just 8 years later. I have a hard time believing people who insist he was totally okay mentally.
Nah, just schizophrenia. Not everyone who uses drugs or doses on LSD a lot becomes schizophrenic. It's a genetic inheritance / trigger that debilitates both musician and non-musician alike. I saw a family member come down with it.
He was so soft-spoken, proper, and loved creating music...his story is so tragic, mentally spiraling down, not understanding why....schizophrenia. You will always be a legend Syd.
My heart goes straight to Syd. The man was a musical genius whose illness took over his life. RIP Syd and Richard Wright, two of the most talented musicians in the industry
Interesting, the interviewer starts off snobbish and hostile so Roger fires back with sarcasm and cynicism, but with Syd you notice how he is sort of the mediator. He try’s to relate with the snobbish interviewer saying he likes soft music as well and you notice the interviewer start to relax a little. Syd truly was spectacular.
I don't think the interviewer was particularly snobbish at the beginning. The interviewer is a famous classical music theorist. He could easily have said Pink Floyd is unsophisticated, but he doesn't. He says it is too loud for him. Think about what that means. This is a man whose whole career is built on the idea that he understands music. And he just goes ahead and implies he can't understand Pink Floyd because it's loud. That's incredibly humble.
The interviewer was being reasonable and frank as well as civil. Syd shows us his ultra fine qualities and gentleness whilst Roger reveals the cornered animal he apparently has always been.
Syd barrett could have been a mega star like jim morrison if he had continued with the band and not lost the plot. but then again jim died young and syd lived to his 60's.
Wow seeing Syd here he is everything that people who knew him describe coherent, intelligent, charming, elegant and an overall good person. It's sad that just mere months after this interview he wouldn't be the same person anymore due to the heavy drugs deteriorating his mental health. Such a shame what happened to him.
Syd possibly had Asperger's disease, He was very Happy with his life after Pink Floyd. He hated the industry, He never formally was diagnosed as Drs knew nothing about it. But the signs were there, from 18 months.old.
@@caroleann_2142ok dude, just for next time, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and other chronic neurodivergent disorders are not diseases. Diseases are what kills people, which thes disorders don't.
Damn Syd was so coherent and intelligent here...sad that just a short time later everything went downhill for him. I prefer the Floyd with Gilmour but there's no denying Syd's immense psychedelic talent and song writing! It's a shame what happened to him. I'm modifying this comment to add that I highly recommend checking out Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets if you get a chance to. I always liked the Syd era stuff but it gave me a whole new appreciation for Syd seeing and hearing his songs done exquisitely by Nick and his band! Frankly I'd take Nick's band over Roger Waters any day!
It saddens me the way his mental health deteriorated. There's almost no doubt they would not have been what they were without him. At least it seems like he spent his later days just doing what he loved - creating art.
@John Afella lol, just been watching lots of stuff ab PF and SB, actually you might find it interesting with his sister discussing him moving back to Cambridge with her and his mother...very interesting....ua-cam.com/video/3zi_o1_7zDc/v-deo.html
I think Syd Barret must have been an outstanding friend to these guys, because the guy actually was part of ONLY 2 albums of Pink Floyd, but somehow people still like to compare him with Gilmour which was part of the Band from 68 to today!!
I don't think it is, it is indeed a very good interview from obviously somebody coming from a different background, but I think he was asking genuine questions and was expecting genuine answers, as when he said to Roger Waters is answer wasn't valid and he had a point.
Leo Link...His name is Hans Keller, some nobody Austrian “musician” with delusions of grandeur and a complete douchebag. Just keep in mind that we all remember Syd and Roger but not Hans Keller lol
@@PhilShary "quartet". But he was obviously completely out of his depth interviewing Floyd, and had no idea about the music scene at that time. Whoever set up this interview must have seriously regretted it soon afterwards.
Syd Barrett was really a GORGEOUS young man.. Very magnetic.. his eyes... Wow!!! David Gilmour who took his place in the band was also a very handsome young man as well.. But I can't get over the big beautiful eyes of Syd's.
He had a bad hairstyle here. He looked pretty good during the Meddle, dark side era. But I agree as soon as he got into his 60's he started looking great, not sure if he'd had work done, I hope not, cos this gives hope for me, maybe I'll look good when I'm older lol.
You guys have to remember this was pink floyd during the syd-era. Their musicality lies far more in the psychedelic rock side than the prog rock pink floyd most people know today. For this interviewer psychedelic rock is unheard of and completely new to him
What I love about Pink Floyd the most is that despite Barrett not being part of Floyd when they really hit it off, he remained a part of Floyd as their unseen 5th member despite not having anything to do with the band. With Syd, he gave Floyd artistry behind music, not just the music itself being art, but having the concept of presenting art with music; even before music videos. I think it says alot about how much Floyd really honored Syd along with their personal friendships, by always having 'him' around by taking his concepts and using them to create some of the best albums and live show performances the world has ever seen.
Thank you for sharing this. It's nice to see Syd doing well. In this interview he is articulate, thoughtful and aware. RIP Syd, I hope you're in a peaceful and loving place.
Syd was one of a kind. His approach to music was refreshing and amazing. Sad thing is, this kind of unique genius can often be fragile in its' innocence. Especially when your music becomes a business.
That was an ongoing conflict between Gilmour and Waters. Gilmour believed Syd was mentally ill and was sympathetic while Water believed Syd just fried his brain on acid and LSD and was like, "Well that's what you get for tripping all the time."
The incident had actually already happened before this TV appearance. Sometimes he functioned, sometimes he didn't. He wasn't THAT gone by this time but many people, including pink floyd, state that he'd lost the sparkle in his eyes, traded with empty eyes. But his travel down the rabbit hole continued on into early 70's. I can't really think of even one person I'd think deserved the mental fight he probably went through.. Acid and psychedelic's are one hell of a drug, and it doesn't help when people you're constantly surrounded by drug you down every moment they can get to see what their Star/Hero is capable off.
He clearly wasn't gone by then. You could see it in his eyes. The were still shining and there was still an awareness. This was MAY of 1967. The LSD overdose occurred later.
Actually, the incident you speak of (the weekend where he was given an overdose of LSD) had not yet occurred. That would be in the SUMMER of 1967. This was MAY. He was still very much alert, aware and coherent. The sparkle in his eyes were still clearly there. They weren't black holes, or as described, "the lights went out and nobody was home anymore".
Syd was very smooth with women and wasn't racist he even dated a black women who wasn't attractive he said he didn't care about her looks he liked her because she loved blues and played blues all the time and that was his attraction to her as most English women wasn't into blues as Syd's (2) favorite musicians 1. Bo diddley 2. Jimi Hendrix in fact Syd said he wanted to make a song with Hendrix even when he was on the same bus with him they waved but he didn't muster the courage to talk to Hendrix he said he regrets it and should of talked to him imagine if Syd and Hendrix made music together that would of been epic
Well, he didn’t really know him really well I guess he he didn’t know his fiancé kind of look like the model girlfriend to be how do you didn’t have to many close girlfriends about five and they will basically look the same as some very good looking very good looking model types do you very much and to look and I think he likes personality is Gus sweet down to earth guys but I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. He didn’t have that many girlfriends and what does it matter of us who his girlfriends work what does it matter what kind of girlfriends he held it what matters is his records and his artwork? Nobody cares about who he dated her how many girlfriends or whether it was racist people care about what he did with his ours and what he did with his records that’s all the people care about didn’t care about anything that you’re talking about I don’t
syd barrett is such an angel. he just tries to talk and explain but nobody listens. i think we all try to understand him, but we never will and i've come to accept that
He probably had a broader mind than all of us. Never understand why people say hes got a narrow mind. He was clearly open to everything and everyone and was an absolute genius.
The host was getting so bent out of shape over their ideals of music theory and performance settings. lol. What they were talking about here is revolutionary for what was to come several decades to come. The guy couldn't wrap his brain around it.
Bill Hicks Lol yeah, you can see his face boiling with frustration even though he tries to hide it. They're smashing everything he knows to pieces, and their argument is "because we like it" XD
Oh my these guys were so young and yet so articulate and patient and polite with that awful interviewer Hans.Keller. Goodness me he was the devil. I hope he did not have children as they were sure to have been abused by him.
@@moirapettifr7127 What the hell are you on about? His view of music might not have coincided with theirs, and that's fair enough (in both directions) but at least they're engaging with each other; that's how "understanding" comes into existence. Your statements about Keller being "the devil" and the completely inappropriate suggestion about any children he may have had are ludicrous and offensive, frankly, and you come off like a nutter/ too-intense Pink Floyd fan who needs to calm the hell down. Additionally, writing off Keller in this way, given his contributions to musicology (look him up), is asinine.
Look how charming and charismatic Syd still was here. The interviewer was drawn to him, yet you can see Dick Clark literally shy away from Syd in November of 1967 when he saw how catatonic he was with dead eyes and a toneless and emotionless voice.
Well he really didn't want to do American Bandstand at all, he wasn't liking the direction of how the group was progressing. I think it's more to do with that, he was becoming very depressed
They tried to make it work with him. It was all very sad. On the way to their next concert, they simply just didn't pick him up. Simply is an understatement I'm sure, don't think they had the heart to say it to him. He was soo gone it probably didn't matter, may have been a relief as the last show he performed his back was to the crowd & he played one chord over & over.
It's interesting to hear Roger talking so early on about the fact that many audiences weren't there to listen to the music, a theme that obviously came to the forefront leading up to and contained in The Wall.
It is good to see and hear Syd ... I grew up hearing of the legend, the tragic fall, Pink Floyd will forever be a definition of music for me. My older brother attended allmost all of their concerts, he confirmed a visual experience was also powerful.
Thank you for posting it. I don’t think I’ve watched the whole thing for a long while. The two Rogers are both so soft spoken and it’s a nice chat. Love the final thought ending with a question!
I like that he challenged them and their music. It allows the artists to explain the philosophy behind the music and allow people to look at it in a different way.
Syd was a huge part of orig Floyd and instrumental in the best Floyd Albums ever. Can only really speculate what really happened. Never forget Syd Barret! RIP.
How wonderful to see Syd - whose name was Roger, too, so you had two Rogers there! - talk intelligently about his art/music (and Roger as well), fully aware of who he was as an artist and who his audience was. This is the foundation of any artist’s work and career, and necessary for conceptually-based work which these gentlemen have been well known for. Unfortunately, drugs and, as someone else mentioned, the Music Business and its pressures took their toll him (and his bandmate as well although it took longer to affect him). Who knows what might have been, but we can revel in Syd’s time and we have his amazing music to inspire us always. ❤️
Have you ever heard such an obsolete old bastard of an interviewer? Guy probably thought any music other than classical was a fad that'd last 6 months.
OMG, How amazing wouldn't that have been!! Rotten would've skinned him :-D Dude would've left in tears, hahaha! These two are so polite!! I've always heard that Syd had this temper and that he could blew up without warning. He didn't have control and were kinda not scary but unstable. Weird thing he didn't go off on this guy then!
Carmelita Olsen syd got that temper after he went insane, this was him back when he was normal, around 1970 he started to spiral out of control and pretty much went insane. He took way too much acid and would do LSD every day which really fucked with his mind, unfortunately after 75, syd was never the same and died alone. Pretty sad that such a genius was lost like that.
“I don’t like this loud music, I grew up with soft string music so I prefer that.” “We didn’t grow up with soft string music, we like loud music.” “Not every person who grew up without soft string music started a loud rock band so your answer is unconvincing.” This line of reasoning is as unnecessarily aggressive as it is just plain stupid. Waters is just responding via the interviewers tastes and the interviewer acts as though he’s OWED an explanation.
Syd looked very handsome in this interview. I love how looked his eyes and hair... and his voice was beautiful too, of course. In fact, he was looked handsome in that age. But that mental breakdown he had for the acid/LSD was a very sad thing
Younger people may not get who Hans Keller was. He was as crazy as Syd in a lot of ways. An oddball who could be very funny or irritating, but I think very intellectually honest in his oddball way. I don’t think he is being rude or arrogant here. He came from a completely different world than Floyd and he was genuinely interested in what he asked. Classical music can be loud and violent and wild too, but things like volume are on a different scale altogether and he is wondering why it is generally always blasting, or something like fffffff in his world. It is a good question as to why it’s so loud. It seems a weird question to ask us now because the volume of rock is built into our culture. But it wasn’t part of his culture and I’m sure he thinks they are losing a means of expression when they play loud all the time. This kind of expression is not really used in rock music, though it can be. Rock doesn’t require distinctions between mf and f because it is usually irrelevant to the expression of the music. Whoever put this together with Keller and Floyd knew that and a had a little fun, but, you know, why not?
Being confrontational should not be something to praise. It's counterproductive at best. In this case, he did not start the confrontation though, the interviewer did.
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this is really how I'd like to remember Syd....
Rockinghorse Winner yeah, really quite a tragedy, seemed like a amiable and likable guy, I never knew there was a correlation between LSD use and schizophrenia. I always thought the usual culprits were just meth and marijuana.
Brian Parks marijuana? I don’t think so
Brian Parks marijuana doesn’t cause schizophrenia lmao
Ia D. S. Do some research pal
Kiss The Abyss Music You too Special Ed.
Syd was so soft spoken and charming. Shine on 💎
Thou crazy diiiiaaaamond😩 🎶
Yeah ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💜💕
Syd was so magnetic and it's such a gem to see him in this footage. Just a little glimpse of what the people in his life at the time were talking about when they say he was charismatic, lovable, and humorous. I can't help but think of how thankful I am for this footage, to see Syd as people like to remember him by.
Agreed 100%. He seemed such a charming, intelligent, good natured guy. And so attractive
Sadly it didn't last though. Only a couple of months later would he overdose on LSD and never be the same again.
A diamond
David gilmour was the reason the guitar tracks were great. Waters and Wright were he core lyricists after barrett leaving.
To me, this is the real Syd...unfettered by whatever it was that messed him up so badly...His ORIGINAL personality.
I believe in a hereafter and age and disease have no place, there. Syd's himself again...that wonderful pretty young pixie!
Loved that question: "Have you encountered any hostility towards your creativity?" - the brief pause and heavily restrained smile by both and you know they're thinking "Yes, right here - right now"
For reals. That interviewer wanted to get the belt out or something...I felt a bit of it here in the future.
Interviewers veins on his head are about to pop out!
It's just plain arrogance, and these guys answer it with dignity and respect.
damn right lover damn right
That interviewer would have a heart attack hearing Led Zeppelin
Belladonic Haze How about Sabbath?
How aboot Slayer?
Pink Floyd is a really quiet one, it's weird he says that.
Led Zeppelin weren't that loud. It was the dynamics of the music that gave people the impression of excessive loudness.
@@Rich6Brew how so
"It's LOUD because that's the way we like it". Roger tells it the way it is!
“we didn’t grow up with the string quartet..” lmfao
And without a tooth!
OK...that's what you see. I see that Syd was a thoughtful, and considerate Gentleman at heart, and Roger... the same Arrogant Prick he is Today!
They could have also mentioned that volume invites the excitement/fight or flite response and the fact that when you play with a drummer you have to match the drumset volume with the other instruments. I know that those were fairly early days of rock and volume, but the interviewer comes across as a cranky old man.
@@piktormusic2538 - I guess you are a Youngster, but the Host - Dick Clarke was an American Cultural Icon at the time. He also curated a Major Network TV Show that brought novel acts to the American public - including boundary-breaking acts such as Pink Floyd! Give the Cranky "Old Man" some props, Dude!
Syd is beautiful in this
Absolutely 😍
He always beautiful
Alissa SAVINE
ive seen you on two videos so far, a Doors one and now a Floyd one, from one youth to another keep it alive
@@hendrixrider3592 :)) hehe
His picture from 1975 was shocking. He looked like Uncle Fester, just 8 years later. I have a hard time believing people who insist he was totally okay mentally.
Syd Barrett was physically the most beautiful man.
Gilmour and Wright were up there too for sure.
Sorry, Rog.
For me it’s Syd and Roger :)
As a man I can say that there is a man who is more physically beautiful. Paul Newman for example
More beautiful than Ronn Moss?
@@sketchyold abso-fuckin-loutly
Syd was so pretty and had a beautiful mind. We didn't deserve him to be honest, maybe that's why we lost him so soon
Nah, just schizophrenia. Not everyone who uses drugs or doses on LSD a lot becomes schizophrenic. It's a genetic inheritance / trigger that debilitates both musician and non-musician alike. I saw a family member come down with it.
the same month as this interview syd flipped out on acid and was never the same again.
We didn't deserve him & that's why we lost him? That's a load of crap.
"Not everyone who uses drugs or doses on LSD a lot becomes schizophrenic." Perhaps not but Syd did. It wasn't "Just" schizophrenia.
Roger was so innocent, unfortunately that changed in a 1977 concert
their voices are so soft i can sleep while im listening this
Interviewer: "Do you, in your terms, feel aggressive towards audience members?"
Roger: "No not at all."
Lol that certainly changed 10 years later.
"If I had my way, I'd have all of you SHOT!"
MCline93 he did spit on the crowd during the animals tour
I don´t think so
Ana Sofia what do you mean? He called someone onto the stage and spat in his face
I Call Him Gerald yeah I know, he admitted it but he explained why
They seemed so gentle and well spoken. Both geniuses ahead of their time ❤
This is the first time I’ve seen Syd in an interview and oh my lord my heart exploded 😭😭 what a cutie
That hit all of his girlfriends cause he was mentally unstable
He was so soft-spoken, proper, and loved creating music...his story is so tragic, mentally spiraling down, not understanding why....schizophrenia. You will always be a legend Syd.
He sure was a cutie
60s Syd Barret has to be one of the most beautiful things I have ever witnessed. Poor boy...
My heart goes straight to Syd. The man was a musical genius whose illness took over his life. RIP Syd and Richard Wright, two of the most talented musicians in the industry
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Syd Barrett had the most amazing eyes.
Syd was a babe
Proserpine I had no idea he was so pretty. Roger on the other hand ...
Ariana White Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder
Roger looks like Squidward in that one episode where he's supposed to be handsome.
Hahahaha
TheNightmare75II omg I laughed way too hard I'm going to hell
Interesting, the interviewer starts off snobbish and hostile so Roger fires back with sarcasm and cynicism, but with Syd you notice how he is sort of the mediator. He try’s to relate with the snobbish interviewer saying he likes soft music as well and you notice the interviewer start to relax a little. Syd truly was spectacular.
Yeah, it's like good cop bad cop. LoL 😁
I don't think the interviewer was particularly snobbish at the beginning. The interviewer is a famous classical music theorist. He could easily have said Pink Floyd is unsophisticated, but he doesn't. He says it is too loud for him.
Think about what that means. This is a man whose whole career is built on the idea that he understands music. And he just goes ahead and implies he can't understand Pink Floyd because it's loud. That's incredibly humble.
four score
The interviewer was being reasonable and frank as well as civil. Syd shows us his ultra fine qualities and gentleness whilst Roger reveals the cornered animal he apparently has always been.
@@Fouxdufafafafafa well said
I can't get over how gorgeous Syd was
Maria Same here
Roger is beautiful
@@simon-di7xt he was an ugly dude back then
@@tedkaczynski3126 yeah but i think it was his hair makes him look weird but look closely he is cute
@@simon-di7xt clearly you don't know Syd...at all.
Syd is so beautiful, not just outside, it goes out of his eyes...so gentle voice
Thank you for uploading this! Gosh, was Syd gorgeous... look at those hypnotizing eyes.
RachelMieleMusic before they were holes in the sky...
RachelMieleMusic Couldn't agree more, he was incredibly beautiful indeed.
Syd barrett could have been a mega star like jim morrison if he had continued with the band and not lost the plot. but then again jim died young and syd lived to his 60's.
Brian Inglis Syd lived to age 60
I don't think Syd wanted to be a mega star.
Wow seeing Syd here he is everything that people who knew him describe coherent, intelligent, charming, elegant and an overall good person. It's sad that just mere months after this interview he wouldn't be the same person anymore due to the heavy drugs deteriorating his mental health. Such a shame what happened to him.
Syd possibly had Asperger's disease, He was very Happy with his life after Pink Floyd. He hated the industry, He never formally was diagnosed as Drs knew nothing about it. But the signs were there, from 18 months.old.
@rxw5520microdose day .
@@caroleann_2142ok dude, just for next time, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and other chronic neurodivergent disorders are not diseases. Diseases are what kills people, which thes disorders don't.
Syd was absolutely beautiful to look at and listen to.....I had no idea💗💗
Syd was so handsome! What beautiful eyes!
Damn Syd was so coherent and intelligent here...sad that just a short time later everything went downhill for him. I prefer the Floyd with Gilmour but there's no denying Syd's immense psychedelic talent and song writing! It's a shame what happened to him. I'm modifying this comment to add that I highly recommend checking out Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets if you get a chance to. I always liked the Syd era stuff but it gave me a whole new appreciation for Syd seeing and hearing his songs done exquisitely by Nick and his band! Frankly I'd take Nick's band over Roger Waters any day!
It saddens me the way his mental health deteriorated. There's almost no doubt they would not have been what they were without him. At least it seems like he spent his later days just doing what he loved - creating art.
unfortunately its probably down to toooo much acid at too young an age
@John Afella lol, just been watching lots of stuff ab PF and SB, actually you might find it interesting with his sister discussing him moving back to Cambridge with her and his mother...very interesting....ua-cam.com/video/3zi_o1_7zDc/v-deo.html
I think Syd Barret must have been an outstanding friend to these guys, because the guy actually was part of ONLY 2 albums of Pink Floyd, but somehow people still like to compare him with Gilmour which was part of the Band from 68 to today!!
@John Afella I think ur right. It was schizophrenia.
What an angel Syd was! So beautiful, gentle, sweet, and fragile and, most of all, so talented! Sweet dreams forever, you crazy little diamond 😥
Most condescending interviewer ever.
What a pretentious idiot he is with his "string quarter" thing, nobody will remember him unlike Pink Floyd
I don't think it is, it is indeed a very good interview from obviously somebody coming from a different background, but I think he was asking genuine questions and was expecting genuine answers, as when he said to Roger Waters is answer wasn't valid and he had a point.
Leo Link...His name is Hans Keller, some nobody Austrian “musician” with delusions of grandeur and a complete douchebag. Just keep in mind that we all remember Syd and Roger but not Hans Keller lol
Syd knew how to handle it. Very respectful.
@@PhilShary "quartet". But he was obviously completely out of his depth interviewing Floyd, and had no idea about the music scene at that time. Whoever set up this interview must have seriously regretted it soon afterwards.
Syd was a beautiful man, such gorgeous eyes ..
The girls REALLY love Syd of that period. So many comments about his eyes.
Syd Barrett was really a GORGEOUS young man.. Very magnetic.. his eyes... Wow!!! David Gilmour who took his place in the band was also a very handsome young man as well.. But I can't get over the big beautiful eyes of Syd's.
Agreed. Syd and David were total babes! Very talented men, too.
Lol the way they look at each other during the first question like "Wth is this guy talking about?"
Roger Waters was a weird looking dude back then. He seems to have grown into his looks with age though.
I totally agree
He had a bad hairstyle here. He looked pretty good during the Meddle, dark side era. But I agree as soon as he got into his 60's he started looking great, not sure if he'd had work done, I hope not, cos this gives hope for me, maybe I'll look good when I'm older lol.
He grew into his cheek bones a bit lol
Looks like he had his teeth corrected.
He looks like Richard Gere
Oh! Syd you wore so handsome beautiful eyes
So sorry about your tragedy!
You guys have to remember this was pink floyd during the syd-era. Their musicality lies far more in the psychedelic rock side than the prog rock pink floyd most people know today. For this interviewer psychedelic rock is unheard of and completely new to him
Deep Purple formed the following year, I would love to hear his thoughts on smoke on the water.
What I love about Pink Floyd the most is that despite Barrett not being part of Floyd when they really hit it off, he remained a part of Floyd as their unseen 5th member despite not having anything to do with the band. With Syd, he gave Floyd artistry behind music, not just the music itself being art, but having the concept of presenting art with music; even before music videos. I think it says alot about how much Floyd really honored Syd along with their personal friendships, by always having 'him' around by taking his concepts and using them to create some of the best albums and live show performances the world has ever seen.
I 100 percent agree. Throughout all their albums after Barrett left, Pink Floyd kept him in the music.
Kind of like Phil Harvey with coldplay
@@perry6712 WTF!!!!
@@perry6712 Perry you heathen! Get out of here! Coldplay is not even worth Syd's ball hair.
Well they really hit it off initially thanks to Syd. They were already big stars by the time Gilmour stepped in. No Syd, no Pink Floyd.
my God was syd gorgeous!
Really? I would have thought Roger was the better looking of the two.
Scott Ward Roger was a weird looking dude back then... He seemed to have grown into his looks as he aged though. He looks great now!
carolina Suastegui I do think Syd was the better looking one... actually its obvious. Syd was an Angel
Its all that acid makes people look weird .
Yes, he was gorgeous
Thank you for sharing this. It's nice to see Syd doing well. In this interview he is articulate, thoughtful and aware.
RIP Syd, I hope you're in a peaceful and loving place.
The man who literally changed my life, and got me into my favorite band. Rest well 🕊
This is the Syd I like to remember. He was so beautiful and carried the interview well.
Syd was one of a kind. His approach to music was refreshing and amazing. Sad thing is, this kind of unique genius can often be fragile in its' innocence. Especially when your music becomes a business.
I think him and Frank Zappa would have gotten along fabulously.
That was an ongoing conflict between Gilmour and Waters. Gilmour believed Syd was mentally ill and was sympathetic while Water believed Syd just fried his brain on acid and LSD and was like, "Well that's what you get for tripping all the time."
@@JakeSpeed1000 acid and lsd are literally the same thing
What group overwhelmingly owns the music industry??
@@whiteyfisk9769 🤡
Syd is so beautiful! His voice is so soothing!
aayy maraca
The damn shame is that Syd would not be this same person in another month or two.
according to mick rock he was already gone by then, its a damn shame
The incident had actually already happened before this TV appearance. Sometimes he functioned, sometimes he didn't. He wasn't THAT gone by this time but many people, including pink floyd, state that he'd lost the sparkle in his eyes, traded with empty eyes. But his travel down the rabbit hole continued on into early 70's. I can't really think of even one person I'd think deserved the mental fight he probably went through.. Acid and psychedelic's are one hell of a drug, and it doesn't help when people you're constantly surrounded by drug you down every moment they can get to see what their Star/Hero is capable off.
He clearly wasn't gone by then. You could see it in his eyes. The were still shining and there was still an awareness. This was MAY of 1967. The LSD overdose occurred later.
Actually, the incident you speak of (the weekend where he was given an overdose of LSD) had not yet occurred. That would be in the SUMMER of 1967. This was MAY. He was still very much alert, aware and coherent. The sparkle in his eyes were still clearly there. They weren't black holes, or as described, "the lights went out and nobody was home anymore".
Dan Maler Tgere was an lsd overdose? I didn't know that. is that what seriously made him deteriorate
Syd is the most beautiful man that I have ever seen. His music is genius. Early Pink Floyd was genius.
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Syd was very smooth with women and wasn't racist he even dated a black women who wasn't attractive he said he didn't care about her looks he liked her because she loved blues and played blues all the time and that was his attraction to her as most English women wasn't into blues as Syd's (2) favorite musicians 1. Bo diddley 2. Jimi Hendrix in fact Syd said he wanted to make a song with Hendrix even when he was on the same bus with him they waved but he didn't muster the courage to talk to Hendrix he said he regrets it and should of talked to him imagine if Syd and Hendrix made music together that would of been epic
Well, he didn’t really know him really well I guess he he didn’t know his fiancé kind of look like the model girlfriend to be how do you didn’t have to many close girlfriends about five and they will basically look the same as some very good looking very good looking model types do you very much and to look and I think he likes personality is Gus sweet down to earth guys but I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. He didn’t have that many girlfriends and what does it matter of us who his girlfriends work what does it matter what kind of girlfriends he held it what matters is his records and his artwork? Nobody cares about who he dated her how many girlfriends or whether it was racist people care about what he did with his ours and what he did with his records that’s all the people care about didn’t care about anything that you’re talking about I don’t
“After all .. why not?”
Iconic.
syd barrett is such an angel. he just tries to talk and explain but nobody listens. i think we all try to understand him, but we never will and i've come to accept that
Interesting comment!
Syd Barret is one of the most fascinating artists to ever live
With such a narrow mind you'd have thought he'd have a smaller forehead
He probably had a broader mind than all of us. Never understand why people say hes got a narrow mind. He was clearly open to everything and everyone and was an absolute genius.
@@thinginground5179 He's talking about the interviewer.
@@richankdubey1498 lol sorry
@@richankdubey1498 Oh no he knows that. He's a big fan, greatest damn interviewer ever
R.I.P. Syd Barrett
0:18 can't stop laughing, Waters and Barrett's exchange of looks is like "what the fuck is this fool on though"
The host was getting so bent out of shape over their ideals of music theory and performance settings. lol. What they were talking about here is revolutionary for what was to come several decades to come. The guy couldn't wrap his brain around it.
Bill Hicks Lol yeah, you can see his face boiling with frustration even though he tries to hide it. They're smashing everything he knows to pieces, and their argument is "because we like it" XD
Bill Hicks holy shit it's Bill Hicks, I thought you were dead...
Oh my these guys were so young and yet so articulate and patient and polite with that awful interviewer Hans.Keller. Goodness me he was the devil. I hope he did not have children as they were sure to have been abused by him.
@@moirapettifr7127 What the hell are you on about? His view of music might not have coincided with theirs, and that's fair enough (in both directions) but at least they're engaging with each other; that's how "understanding" comes into existence. Your statements about Keller being "the devil" and the completely inappropriate suggestion about any children he may have had are ludicrous and offensive, frankly, and you come off like a nutter/ too-intense Pink Floyd fan who needs to calm the hell down. Additionally, writing off Keller in this way, given his contributions to musicology (look him up), is asinine.
What is incredible is the fact that there has never been anyone like or even close to Syd.
Syd seems so articulate and extremely good looking. He could have been the consumate frontman for years to come.
Look how charming and charismatic Syd still was here. The interviewer was drawn to him, yet you can see Dick Clark literally shy away from Syd in November of 1967 when he saw how catatonic he was with dead eyes and a toneless and emotionless voice.
If someone asked me about Cheeseburgers, I would have that look too.
Well he really didn't want to do American Bandstand at all, he wasn't liking the direction of how the group was progressing. I think it's more to do with that, he was becoming very depressed
@@Valientlink lsd can do that (not the only factor but a big one)
By the way, which ones pink?
Pink Anderson
Syd. He was the one who came up with their name. When he was kicked out it was Roger.
Nazimova B he got out of the band
Come on in here, dear boy and have a cigar 🎶🎶🎵
They tried to make it work with him. It was all very sad. On the way to their next concert, they simply just didn't pick him up. Simply is an understatement I'm sure, don't think they had the heart to say it to him. He was soo gone it probably didn't matter, may have been a relief as the last show he performed his back was to the crowd & he played one chord over & over.
Pretty charming syd! Those eyes❤
It's great seeing and hearing Syd in his best form, he was a bright and introspective man.
It's interesting to hear Roger talking so early on about the fact that many audiences weren't there to listen to the music, a theme that obviously came to the forefront leading up to and contained in The Wall.
Syd really had his shit together here. So articulate and such a dreamboat too 💕💕💕💕
Loook at Syd, hes such a gem ♡
Syd was one handsome man back in those days sheesh 🌈🎸
It is good to see and hear Syd ... I grew up hearing of the legend, the tragic fall, Pink Floyd will forever be a definition of music for me. My older brother attended allmost all of their concerts, he confirmed a visual experience was also powerful.
I think that I find Syd Barrett the most beautiful man that I have ever seen.
Same. His eyes and hair are like art nouveau, striking you into a new world formed by only imagination.
I love how both Rogers look down in contempt for the critic vainly criticising them for their musical style
Que lastima que no haya mas videos cuando estaba syd barrett la verdad que era un hombre muy pero hermoso en su juventud. No mas palabras
Wonderful footage. So young and polite.
You can see why the rest of the band loved Syd... and why they wrote "Wish You Were Here".
Why does the interviewer look like that one teacher character in the wall
I love how the ‘why does it have to be so terribly loud?’ question shocks Waters into freezing on his stool.
Dios mio, como amo Syd Barrett!!!
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Beloved Syd, you´re a star! ;) You´re a legend!
I always had a crush on Syd and David
Thank you for posting it. I don’t think I’ve watched the whole thing for a long while. The two Rogers are both so soft spoken and it’s a nice chat. Love the final thought ending with a question!
I like that he challenged them and their music. It allows the artists to explain the philosophy behind the music and allow people to look at it in a different way.
Syd was a huge part of orig Floyd and instrumental in the best Floyd Albums ever. Can only really speculate what really happened. Never forget Syd Barret! RIP.
He was instrumental in the best Pink Floyd albums despite not being in the band anymore?
0:52 The quick cut to Waters is hilarious.
"A little bit of a regression to childhood, but then why not?" Perfect closing statement!
Nobody has mentioned how much Syd and Roger are testily eyeing each other.
My god Syd was so beautiful
Syd Barrett was so beautiful.
How wonderful to see Syd - whose name was Roger, too, so you had two Rogers there! - talk intelligently about his art/music (and Roger as well), fully aware of who he was as an artist and who his audience was. This is the foundation of any artist’s work and career, and necessary for conceptually-based work which these gentlemen have been well known for. Unfortunately, drugs and, as someone else mentioned, the Music Business and its pressures took their toll him (and his bandmate as well although it took longer to affect him). Who knows what might have been, but we can revel in Syd’s time and we have his amazing music to inspire us always. ❤️
I'd love to see this Borat dude interview Johnny Rotten
Have you ever heard such an obsolete old bastard of an interviewer? Guy probably thought any music other than classical was a fad that'd last 6 months.
OMG, How amazing wouldn't that have been!!
Rotten would've skinned him :-D
Dude would've left in tears, hahaha!
These two are so polite!!
I've always heard that Syd had this temper and that he could blew up without warning.
He didn't have control and were kinda not scary but unstable.
Weird thing he didn't go off on this guy then!
Carmelita Olsen syd got that temper after he went insane, this was him back when he was normal, around 1970 he started to spiral out of control and pretty much went insane. He took way too much acid and would do LSD every day which really fucked with his mind, unfortunately after 75, syd was never the same and died alone. Pretty sad that such a genius was lost like that.
Hitch Slap he would get ripped lol
kurtacion onfroy fuck me he would have been about 300 years old then when he died ?
Syd Barrett was gorgeous
Roger was more gorgeous
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I love u syd
syd seemed like such an interesting person, wish i had a buddy like him without all the misunderstandings tho
Roger is so funny!! “We DIDNT grow up with a string quartet”😂😂😂
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I accept, that you like it ... WHAT a tolerant interviewer!
Days when interviewing musicians was all about how long their hair was and how loud they played their music.
Floyds without Syd were just repeating them selfs again and again.
Fresh wind of Syd is an inspiration everytime I hear it.
I wish we had more interaction with Syd in long form interviews
“I don’t like this loud music, I grew up with soft string music so I prefer that.”
“We didn’t grow up with soft string music, we like loud music.”
“Not every person who grew up without soft string music started a loud rock band so your answer is unconvincing.”
This line of reasoning is as unnecessarily aggressive as it is just plain stupid. Waters is just responding via the interviewers tastes and the interviewer acts as though he’s OWED an explanation.
Thank you for the upload! What a strange Austrian, apparently not getting it.
Best moment: Syd's smirk at Keller's word creations 1:29
Stuff like this is why UA-cam is brilliant
Syd looked very handsome in this interview. I love how looked his eyes and hair... and his voice was beautiful too, of course. In fact, he was looked handsome in that age. But that mental breakdown he had for the acid/LSD was a very sad thing
To think that loud volume was once considered controversial. For better or worse, we were so delicate.
The delicateness had grown so old to the point where anything minorly brash at the time was considered mere satanism.
Oh yeah! When Syd was in the band and pre-ego Roger knew his place.
Younger people may not get who Hans Keller was. He was as crazy as Syd in a lot of ways. An oddball who could be very funny or irritating, but I think very intellectually honest in his oddball way. I don’t think he is being rude or arrogant here. He came from a completely different world than Floyd and he was genuinely interested in what he asked. Classical music can be loud and violent and wild too, but things like volume are on a different scale altogether and he is wondering why it is generally always blasting, or something like fffffff in his world. It is a good question as to why it’s so loud. It seems a weird question to ask us now because the volume of rock is built into our culture. But it wasn’t part of his culture and I’m sure he thinks they are losing a means of expression when they play loud all the time. This kind of expression is not really used in rock music, though it can be. Rock doesn’t require distinctions between mf and f because it is usually irrelevant to the expression of the music. Whoever put this together with Keller and Floyd knew that and a had a little fun, but, you know, why not?
Seems like a grade A a-hole in this interview.
The Beach Boys
Inside joke at 1:29 Syd gestures Roger by rubbing his nose and Roger reciprocates
nah, they both just had itchy noses
That guy interviewer didn’t realise how pink floyd was gonna change music forever.
The interviewer should be tightly attached "clockwork orange style" in front of a Rammstein concert !
I love that Roger was a confrontational dude even back then. Never change!
Being confrontational should not be something to praise. It's counterproductive at best.
In this case, he did not start the confrontation though, the interviewer did.
Syd Reminds Me a bit of Marc Bolan, Such a Soft, but articulate Voice, and Pretty Boy Looks . An Interesting but Tragic Character....